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-rw-r--r--kernel/perf_event.c34
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 84522c796987..4ec55ef5810c 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -2201,13 +2201,6 @@ find_lively_task_by_vpid(pid_t vpid)
if (!task)
return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
- /*
- * Can't attach events to a dying task.
- */
- err = -ESRCH;
- if (task->flags & PF_EXITING)
- goto errout;
-
/* Reuse ptrace permission checks for now. */
err = -EACCES;
if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
@@ -2268,14 +2261,27 @@ retry:
get_ctx(ctx);
- if (cmpxchg(&task->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn], NULL, ctx)) {
- /*
- * We raced with some other task; use
- * the context they set.
- */
+ err = 0;
+ mutex_lock(&task->perf_event_mutex);
+ /*
+ * If it has already passed perf_event_exit_task().
+ * we must see PF_EXITING, it takes this mutex too.
+ */
+ if (task->flags & PF_EXITING)
+ err = -ESRCH;
+ else if (task->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn])
+ err = -EAGAIN;
+ else
+ rcu_assign_pointer(task->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn], ctx);
+ mutex_unlock(&task->perf_event_mutex);
+
+ if (unlikely(err)) {
put_task_struct(task);
kfree(ctx);
- goto retry;
+
+ if (err == -EAGAIN)
+ goto retry;
+ goto errout;
}
}
@@ -6127,7 +6133,7 @@ static void perf_event_exit_task_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
* scheduled, so we are now safe from rescheduling changing
* our context.
*/
- child_ctx = child->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn];
+ child_ctx = rcu_dereference(child->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn]);
task_ctx_sched_out(child_ctx, EVENT_ALL);
/*